references.bib

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}

@misc{HepMC,
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@misc{Pythia,
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@misc{MAD-X,
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@misc{RHIC,
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@misc{STAR,
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@misc{PHENIX,
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}

@misc{PP2PP,
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}

@article{PP2PP2,
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@article{STAR2,
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@book{barone,
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@book{pomeronAndQCD,
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@book{IntroductionToRegge,
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}


@article{LSmodel,
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}

@article{LSmodel2,
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      title          = "{Central exclusive diffractive production of
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}



@article{Schicker,
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}



@article{DurhamModel,
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      SLACcitation   = "%%CITATION = ARXIV:1312.4553;%%"
}


@article{DPtFilter,
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@misc{Luminosity,
      howpublished = "\url{http://www.star.bnl.gov/protected/common/common2015/trigger2015/lumipp200GeV/}",
}

@misc{onlineRpTriggersMonitoring,
      howpublished = "\url{https://online.star.bnl.gov/rp/pp200/}",
}

@misc{RunLog,
      howpublished = "\url{https://online.star.bnl.gov/RunLogRun15/}",
}

@misc{AnalysisCodeRepo,
      howpublished = "\url{https://github.com/rafalsikora/CEP-STAR}",
}

@misc{PicoDstDescription,
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      howpublished = "\url{https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/talk_42.pdf}",
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}

@misc{ProductionList,
      howpublished = "\url{http://www.star.bnl.gov/public/comp/prod/DataSummary.html}",
}

@misc{RevertexingProposal,
      howpublished = "\url{https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/event/2017/09/27/software-and-computing-meeting/revertexing-2015-rp-stream}",
}

@misc{Labeling,
    author    = "Sikora, R.",
    title     = "{Naming convention and layout of the Roman Pot Phase II* subsystem in the STAR experiment}",
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    year     = "2014",
    month    = "October",
}


@misc{RpTriggers,
    author    = "Alekseev, I. and Lee, J. H.",
    title     = "{Trigger Definitions for RP phase-II* for Run15}",
    howpublished = "\url{https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/trigger_updated_run15_v2.doc}",
    year     = "2014",
    month    = "December",
}


@misc{RpTriggers2,
    author    = "Alekseev, I.",
    title     = "{Trigger with Roman Pots Phase II*}",
    howpublished = "\url{https://drupal.star.bnl.gov/STAR/system/files/trigger4RP2_v2.pdf}",
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}

@article{AlternativeToCrystallBall,
      author         = "Das, Souvik",
      title          = "{A simple alternative to the Crystal Ball function}",
      year           = "2016",
      eprint         = "1603.08591",
      archivePrefix  = "arXiv",
      primaryClass   = "hep-ex",
      SLACcitation   = "%%CITATION = ARXIV:1603.08591;%%"
}


@article{A_N,
      author         = "Adamczyk, L. and others",
      title          = "{Single Spin Asymmetry $A_N$ in Polarized Proton-Proton
                        Elastic Scattering at $\sqrt{s}=200$ GeV}",
      collaboration  = "STAR",
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      volume         = "B719",
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      archivePrefix  = "arXiv",
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}

@mastersthesis{Obrebski,
    author    = "T. Obrebski",
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}

@mastersthesis{Sikora,
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    title     = "Elastic proton-proton scattering in the {STAR} experiment at {RHIC}",
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}

@mastersthesis{Fulek,
    author    = "L. Fulek",
    title     = "Transport of particles through the {RHIC} accelerator magnet system",
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    year      = "2013",
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}

@misc{A_N_note,
    author    = "K. Yip and J.H. Lee",
    title     = "{A}nalysis {N}ote for the {S}ingle {T}ransverse-{S}pin {A}symmetries (${A}_{N}$) in elastic p+p collisions at $\sqrt{s}=200~\text{GeV}$",
    howpublished = "Unpublished",
    year     = "2012",
    month    = "February",
}

@misc{Donika,
    author    = "D. Plyku",
    title     = "{T}echnical {N}ote on {S}urvey {A}lignment of the {S}ilicon {S}trip {D}etectors used in the {R}oman {P}ots at {STAR} during {RHIC} 2009 {R}un",
    howpublished = "Unpublished",
    year     = "2012",
    month    = "February",
}

@misc{LocalAlignment,
    author    = "I. Alekseev and L. Koroleva and B. Morozov and D. Svirida",
    title     = "{R}oman pots alignment at run 2009",
    howpublished = "Unpublished",
    year     = "2011",
    month    = "July",
}

@misc{GlobalAlignment,
    author    = "W. Guryn",
    title     = "{C}orrection to the {L}ocal {A}lignment",
    howpublished = "Unpublished",
    year     = "2011",
}

@manual{Hamamatsu,
  title        = "{H}amamatsu {R}647 {T}echnical {D}ata {S}heet",
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}

@manual{Bicron,
  title        = "{BC}-400/{BC}-404/{BC}-408/{BC}-412/{BC}-416 {P}remium {P}lastic {S}cintillators",
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  address      = "12345 {K}insman {R}oad, {N}ewbury, {O}hio 44065, {USA}",
}

@misc{normalizationNote,
    author    = "J. Dunlop and J. Gans and C. Gagliardi and P. Jacobs and J. Klay",
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    year     = "2003",
    month    = "April",
}

@misc{slewingPresentation,
    author    = "R. Sikora",
    title     = "Time-of-fight corrections on pp2pp 2009 data - UPDATE",
    howpublished = "Unpublished",
    year     = "2013",
    month    = "May",
    note     = "Presentation at working group meeting"
}

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      title          = "{BRDF profile of Tyvek and its implementation in the
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}

@article{BBC,
      author         = "Whitten, C.A.",
      title          = "{The beam-beam counter: A local polarimeter at STAR}",
      collaboration  = "STAR",
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@article{BeamOptics,
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      title          = "{Beam Optics and the pp2pp Setup of the STAR Experiment
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